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June 2011 entries

June 16, 2011

A couple of weeks ago we got back from a (MOSTLY!) gorgeous eight days in the city that never sleeps...though don't get too spoiled and think you can get takeout from anywhere at any time, because then you will be sad sad sad at 11:30pm when you discover you can not indulge in buckwheat noodles on a whim.

...the things you so easily get used to when you pretend to live in a Megafoodopolis for a week.

Also, it's a bit of a weird feeling when you start referring to your hotel room as your home. "ahgghh let's just walk home!", "how close is that to where we live?", etc. Sooo...I'd say eight days is a nice long time away. (I could, however, have my arm twisted to stay much longer in a Mediterranean villa somewhere, but wait, what was that? Hold on-- ...yeah, that silence is No One offering up their piece of heaven in Palermo or Barcelona, so that little extended vacation fantasy will try to gracefully exit now while it still has its dignity.)

Aaaanyway.

WE WERE IN A MAGNIFICENT, BUZZING, VIBRANT, NEVER-DISAPPOINTING CITY FOR A WEEK. And it was good.

And I have pictures.

There are far too many to post at once, so I'll do a few installments. Round one (days 1 through 2 1/2), here we go...

feet

cloudy skies the evening of our arrival

amazing amazing amazing pizza at Rubirosa

bathroom shot (of course)...notice my new little Lumix G1 eep

my shoes, Day 1window display, Erica Weiner jewelry

what i woke up to on my birthday (Law & Order and a wee cupcake!)

tiny

buggy

my shoes, Day 3

Yummm...25 food trucks on two blocks (you got 5 tickets to use at any of them)

tomato & basil slice from Eddie's Pizza Truck

some of the lineup

vegan donuts from The Cinnamon Snail

KOREAN BBQ!!!

"beef, pork, chicken or tofu taco?"

...i went with the tofu

art installation between the blocks of the Food Truck Frenzy

watching people go through the hole in the wall was almost the best part

...the nest

these feathers were trailed in the wet cement even far, far down the street

graffiti'd lady

just liked the texture of this stairway...

AW, MAN! i didn't have mine with me ;)

The Mister thought the dustpan was funny

fire station

a stop we made because i know someone who likes to collect cookbooks...this entire wee "store" was packed to the ceiling, and Bonnie was super sweet & talkative, even though she was stressed out about the little black dog hiding in the corner by her desk she was babysitting.

"an irony rich mouthful" ...COLBERT! ...OBEY.

the pigeon guy in Washington Square Park...he was there every time we came by that week

girl with dogs

Bleecker Bob's...a cool spot for really vintage (mostly rock) vinyl

friends

wart hog???

part of the selection at Once Upon a Tart...i got the one in the back with no label (i think it was cherry something?)

This is me.

I'm an animal snuggler, Lover of Words and raging introvert who others often confuse for an extrovert. I'm typically caffeinated as a rule, BE IT BY BEAN OR BY LEAF.

This is the year I'll be talking a lot about my journey to grow further as a photographer, artist, music addict, YOGISTA, writer, volunteer, life adventurer, ALMOST-VEGETARIAN, runner, book devourer, knee sock connoisseur and procreator (yes, after 13 years we're finally working on that one, and it may be a more twisty path than we anticipated).